The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-12

Zeitune conference OF leaders had been . pro-
longed one and when at last Spies, Parsons.
Fielden and the rest reached the Hsymsrket-
square they seemed bent q waiting game. IL
will probably never be known whether the evil
dent hesitancy was caused by the delay OF
Linee's confederates. proposed abandonmene
would attack and attempt to disperse the dam,
gerous-looking crowd before the speaking shoulds
begin. thus relieving the leaders from appearing
to incite riot
Finally. an hour and half late, Spies, Par
sons and Fielden addressed the crowd. IN tho
order named. using . wagon for their rostrum.
The frst two, in comparison with their usual
harangues, were tame as . pair OF doves. Grad
ually the crowd thinned out No police inter
months for nearly gone. The meeting,
would be . lauehingstock to tho public, theS
leaders would be discredited by even their ownf
ilk. and the ''ruhe" signal would mean not the
social revolution begun, but tho International
Association collapsed.
Fielden was worthy the occasion. He had
been in the background the wagon with
Schnaubelt. the bomb thrower, Spies and other
directing minds, who saw plainly that something
turn came Fielden stepped boldly TO the front,
discarding all pretense OF mildness- He electro
fed the rabble at once. The crowd swayed ex-
citedly bGcsward and forward IN the narrow,
shadow confines Of Despaines street, into
which they had come from the open square. and
pressed eagerly closer to the Pickering gas
lamp that lighted the speakers shaggly bearded
face and powerful form. When he tragically
urged the wrought-up mob, standing in plain
vie OF police station. TO Throttle and Kill the
law" the disguised officers in the crowd saw the
necessity of prompt action, and word was passed
to their commander.
Captain Bonfeld following the plain direc-
tions of the State law covering exactly such
cases, gave orders to have the meeting dispersed.
Seven companies of police, 175 men, led by him.
self and Captain Ward. marched in piatoons.
extending from curb to curb, the short distance
on Desplaines street from the station to the
speakers wagon. AS the police approached.
Fieldeu shouted to the crowd: Here come the
ln0dhn an dn dnf nd N
mine" Captain Ward, in loud voice. called
out: "In the name of the people of the State OF
Fielder stepping down from the wagon. gave
the "rhue" exclamation: I'VE are peaceable.~
Instantly the bomb Was thrown, the frat In free
America
A sputtering spark in the air. the ground :
a binding burst-that was all Blackuess
everywhere. the pygmy cracking of the pistol
shots out from the mob damned sidewalks, q
few tall forms in the street rapidly closing to-
gether, the flash and smoke of volley after vol
ley from them and the rear platoons. then the
din became hideous with the grooming OF
maneled men, and the yells of rage and fear
in the wild scramble for escape The seoueh
has stretched ont to-day. Foremost 1t includes
the death Of seven bombslain police. and the
slow recovery of sixty officers wounded. The
immediate arrest OF all the chief malefactors,s
barring Parsons alone. was followed BY their
Judge Joseph E. Gary. who proved himself as
able as he is worthy. The escape OF Schnau-
belt. the actual thrower of the bomb, who was
pected. was . blunder only equaled by the mis-.
take on the Opposite side when Parsons made.
his sensational voluntary surrender
Two months precisely was the length or the
trial. engrossing from day to day the attention OF
the civilized world Whatever legal talents
could do was exhausted by the defense under
the direction of Captain Black. while States
Attorney Grinnell. directed the prosecution with
a skill reaching every point
Death sentences for all but Neebe. and the
penitentiary for him; the tour of American cities
by European Socialists, Lie bknecht, the German
mentarian, and -Aveling, the English
scientist, in attempt to give prestige to the
condemned and gain sympathy for them; the
effort to make sentimentalism have effect
through the osten rations love-making OF Spies
and Miss Van Zandt and their subsequent proxy
narriage-an these followed each other in rapid
succession. Next came thu Introduction OF tho
Anarchists cause issue in Chicago poll
itics resulting in the crushing defeat of the red
Leonard SWEET, presenting the defendants case
to the Supreme Court OF Illinois created new
sensation, bnt his efforts were no more effective
thar subsequent ones for the reds by General
Butler Roger Pryor and j. Randolph Tuckef
before the highest court of he Nation. George
Francis Train and his queer exploits were in
singular contrast with the grave legal proceed
lngs and the bitter struggles in the trades
unions.
The snlits caused by friends of the condemned
in two Of the greatest brotherhoods in the world
knights of Labor and Turners-have had far
reaching effects, but the attention Of people at
large las been much more strongly arrested
by the events of the past few days. Beginning
with Parsons's extraordinary demand for liberty
complete death, and Spiess equally surprising
to have combined, if possible. to make this
period exceed in worldwide interest the days Of
the Haymarket massacre.